Friendly MDers?

[Tenderfoot]

I've been detecting for about 5 years, mostly on beaches. In that time I've met about a dozen detectorists on beaches that I hunt. No matter how friendly I try to be, I always get the impression that I'm infringing on someone else's territory. Even if I was there first. Most times they're polite but not overly friendly. I don't know what I could find short of a gold stash that I wouldn't be just as delighted to have a fellow detectorists find and share the story. Yet the club I belong to seems to have great folks (while at the meetings). Wish folks would realize that the most wealth we will come away with is the friends we make.

 

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[lorraine]

I've met many friendly, intelligent , respectful detectorists on the beaches;

Have never had a problem with anyone staking claim to a specific area.

I think we understand that God holds the deed to the property that we are hunting, and we are all just temporarily renting it.

Have fun!

Lorraine

 

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I've met many friendly, intelligent , respectful detectorists on the beaches;

Have never had a problem with anyone staking claim to a specific area.

I think we understand that God holds the deed to the property that we are hunting, and we are all just temporarily renting it.

Have fun!

Lorraine

Your right Lorraine...


Just as long as you stay on your beach with a detector :P~

ESPECIALLY after your gold ring find you posted.

 

[Jackalope]

Unless the other detectorist comes to me I'm at most just going to nod hello and keep working. If someone wants to chat they'll have to come over. Some do but most don't - which is just as well. Really don't like to sit still for more than a minute or have to shut the machine down because of another detector's interference. When I'm in the zone I like to keep my concentration and frame of mind - I can be a million miles away in thought. Somehow having to small talk with someone even briefly saps the energy and throws off the pace. I can get going again, but it feels like work and where I couldn't feel muscle soreness, after stopping to talk I can feel those aches and pains when moving again. Like most things, if you're going to do it then take it seriously and get going - stopping to chat evokes a different mental state - one of leisure with no particular place to be. I can be polite and chat for a minute or two - after that I'm hoping the visitor will get to stepping.